Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Sharing

WaPo Is Wrong: Head Injuries Are Down, Not Up, in Bike-Share Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 13, 2014 | 35 Comments

A Washington Post headline proclaimed today that cyclist head injuries have increased in cities with bike-share systems, based on a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. But University of British Columbia public health professor Kay Ann Teschke is challenging that conclusion, pointing out that the data cited by the WaPo actually leads to […]

How Shared Vehicles Are Changing the Way We Get Around

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 11, 2014 | 1 Comment

Cities around the country are cracking down on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, conducting sting operations and sending cease and desist letters, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing down the meteoric rise of shared transportation. The Shared-Use Mobility Center launched yesterday at a policy summit for shared-use transportation in Washington, DC. Here are […]

Chuck Schumer Proposes Making Bike-Share Memberships Tax Deductible

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 2, 2014 | 8 Comments

If you drive to work, the IRS allows you to pay for parking with pre-tax money. Same goes if you take the train or the bus (though transit commuters can’t claim as much tax-free earnings as car commuters). People who ride their own bikes are also eligible to deduct some associated costs. But if you […]

Boston Doctors Now Prescribing Bike-Share Memberships

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 28, 2014 | 7 Comments

The newest tool for doctors in the fight against obesity? That’s right: Bike-share. This week in Boston, doctors introduced a program called Prescribe-a-Bike, offering low-income residents struggling with obesity an annual Hubway bike sharing membership for the low price of $5. The program is being administered by Boston Medical Center in partnership with the city […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Knight Rider Rides Again

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 27, 2014 | No Comments

It was a dark and stormy day in San Francisco and Jeff Wood stayed dry in Woonerf studios, recording the Talking Headways podcast with co-host Tanya Snyder, who was bitter that days after the spring equinox, Washington, DC, was getting hit with another snowstorm. But more importantly — what does the future hold after a […]

Why TIME Magazine Got the Bixi Story Wrong

By Ben Fried | Jan 22, 2014 | 55 Comments

Major media have a habit of blowing bike-share problems out of proportion. Witness the 2009 BBC story that cast theft and vandalism as an existential threat to Velib in Paris. Five years later, Velib is still going strong. The most recent entry in the genre is Christopher Matthews’ misguided story on the Bixi bankruptcy in TIME. Headline: […]

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